OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing several children at a Kenyan orphanage where he volunteered confessed to his misdeeds in writing, a federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the outset of the trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Don Gifford spent part of his opening statements reading excerpts of 20-year-old Matthew Lane Durham's confession, which Durham's lawyer says isn't true and was coerced. "I would take her to the bathroom at night and hold her down and rape her. This happened on several occasions," Gifford said, reading a section pertaining to the alleged assault...
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